Black Twitter tweets made a comeback in 2013 and African Americans were on top of the list in news.

Having said that, here's a little detail about the kind of tweets that covered the topic.

Black Twitter gained prominence last year with a page on wikipedia. Now that confirms Black Twitter's popularity on the Internet.

A new survey by Pew Research Center said that young affluent African Americans in college are just as likely to access the Internet as white Americans.

Approximately 72% of African Americans either own a smartphone, have access to Internet or both.

Incidentally, Pew found that African Americans tend to use more microblogging sites like Twitter than white Americans - 22% versus 16%.

Twitter use rates are also up for black Americans compared to whites, in a 40% to 28 percent ratio. The former have developed the phenomenon, 'Black Twitter,' by using hashtags to bring attention to notable discussion on Twitter.

Studies show that twitter is dominated by young black women, reports GlobalGrind.

Black Twitter tweets created quite a stir as a cultural force. As one news report puts it, 'the hive has become a swarm.' A good example was when Juror B37 in the George Zimmerman trial landed a book deal. Just moments after the story broke, Black Twitter watchers created a focused online conversation that turned the story around, with the juror eventually dropping the book deal.

So now, Black Twitter is no longer about participation in online conversations, but creating and influencing news online.

Black Twitter has been loosely labeled as a community of thousands of Black Twitterers who are simply interested in news and pop culture of race issues who also like to Tweet. However, not all Black Twitterers are black and not everyone who tweets is in Black Twitter, reports Buzzfeed.